| Phillips Talbot | |
| President: | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Ambassador From: | United States |
| Country: | Greece |
| Term Start: | 1965 |
| Term End: | 1969 |
| Predecessor: | Henry Labouisse |
| Successor: | Henry J. Tasca |
| Order2: | 6th |
| President2: | John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Office2: | Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern AffairsAssistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs |
| Term Start2: | 1961 |
| Term End2: | 1964 |
| Predecessor2: | G. Lewis Jones |
| Successor2: | Raymond A. Hare |
| Birth Date: | 7 June 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | Washington, D.C. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Illinois |
William Phillips Talbot (June 7, 1915 - October 1, 2010) was a United States Ambassador to Greece (1965–69) and, at his death, member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, the Council of American Ambassadors and the Council on Foreign Relations.[1] [2]
Talbot was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and served in the United States Navy during World War II.[3]
After graduating from the University of Illinois in 1936, Talbot started as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News, where he remained from 1936 to 1938. In 1939, having been turned down for a foreign correspondent position, he left the Chicago Daily News to take a position with the Institute of Current World Affairs in India where he reported on the Indian independence movement.[4] The Phillips Talbot Fellowship was named in his honor and is awarded yearly by the Institute to promising young journalists.[5]
Talbot was the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs from 1961-65 during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.[6]
Talbot served as President of Asia Society from 1970-1982 and was awarded the Padma Shri in March 2002[7] for his efforts in fomenting peace between India and America during his tenure as President.[8]